Synodic month length 29.6 days

Length of current 1209 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 1210 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 17 October 2097 Thursday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠76.4°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠76.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠112.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon after apogee

4 days after point of apogee on 12 October 2097 at 16:09 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 October 2097 at 15:32 in ♊ Gemini.

Distance to Moon 394 369 km

Moon before ascending node

10 days after its descending node on 7 October 2097 at 00:55 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 October 2097 at 09:50 in ♉ Taurus.

Draconic month

Moon after southern standstill

5 days after previous South standstill on 12 October 2097 at 03:02 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.965°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.974° in the next northern standstill on 25 October 2097 at 18:37 in ♊ Gemini.